This year voter turnout was disappointingly low. Some blamed it on the rain but we need to look deeper for explanations about why so many people have lost faith in politics.

It is clear to me from travelling around the country and speaking to voters ahead of these elections that...

The UK has officially slipped into a double dip recession. At the Green Party we are more disappointed than surprised as we have consistently argued against the self-defeating austerity programme. Thanks to government mismanagement, an ever growing number of people live in fuel poverty, unemployment continues to rise and a...

Three years ago I watched with mounting horror the BBC documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed. I was at a loss to understand why Crufts ignored so many of the physical problems inflicted on the dogs in the name of a 'pure breed'. Three years on and Jemima Harrison, producer of the...

Climatologists have recently issued a warning over global weather patterns, stating that the world will experience more severe storms, droughts and flooding and that they attribute this to increased man-made global warming. Durban should be a wake-up call for the world to listen and act.

So far the news ahead...

As Christmas presents go, the coalition government's plan to slash feed-in tariffs and jeopardise the future of the solar industry is a pretty miserable one to say the least. It's all very well hugging a husky in promotional photos, but we need action from this government if it is to...